#19 in Self-help
Think and Grow Rich
- 256
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Hill’s advice comes down to a strong desire, a firm decision and persistence, repeated until it sticks. Readers who take it on its own terms find useful prompts for thinking about goals; others are put off by the sales-pitch tone of the opening pages and by how much of it is plain positive thinking. First published in 1937, it feels dated to some. It suits the motivated reader more than the sceptical one.
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About the book
Think and Grow Rich is a book written by Napoleon Hill and Rosa Lee Beeland released in 1937 and promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. Hill claimed to be inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, though historians doubt this claim.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 907 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 86% of the weight and the score stays at 7.7 — the Self-help average of 7.7 barely moves it.
The rating sources disagree by more than a point, so the score leans more on the category average than usual.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 598 | 66% |
| Hardcover | 6.8 | 309 | 34% |
Frequently asked
How long is Think and Grow Rich?
It has 256 pages — shorter than 84% of the ranked books in Self-help.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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